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MKX Comic Plot Discussion & Speculation Thread

Scott The Scot

Where there is smoke, there is cancer.
I see no reason as to why Sektor's MK9 ending wouldn't be canon, as it has no conflicting story points with what happened in MK9's story.


I also really want to see the Tekunin again, they had potential.
He had to defeat Shao Khan to prove he was worthy, since in canon he did not defeat Shao Khan, this can't be canon....








:DOGE :DOGE :DOGE hur hur hur :DOGE
 

Pterodactyl

Plus on block.
He had to defeat Shao Khan to prove he was worthy, since in canon he did not defeat Shao Khan, this can't be canon....








:DOGE :DOGE :DOGE hur hur hur :DOGE
Unlike the other endings his ending doesn't mention Shao Kahn or beating Shao Kahn at all, unlike every other ending. It is not uncommon in fighting game arcade modes for characters to have endings that don't directly tie to anything.
 

MKF30

Fujin and Ermac for MK 11
I can see some of the arcade endings being canon aside from "insert character here" defeats Shao Kahn, like say Kano's maybe in the canon he fights Sonya OIA or Special Forces then hacks into their network similar to Kano's ending then once they fix it, it screws up Kano's cybernetic eye link and thus why he has to upgrade it....something like that
 
I think the reason i'm not particularly fond of Taven/Daegon is because they were brought out of nowhere and we were given barely any time to get to know the characters. In MKA we play as Taven, the main protagonist of konquest and go around beating the fuck out of characters we had gotten to know and love and had been led to believe that they were pretty god damn strong, but oh no, no match for the all mighty Taven who we've never fucking heard of before. Apparently even strong enough to beat characters like Goro, The GOD of thunder, The GOD of wind, Kintaro, Scorpion, and of course Kabal. Who lbsh would obviously body Taven free.:DOGE

I just don't understand how anyone can like this character. He has no redeeming qualities, he basically comes in and shits on the entire MK cast without breaking a sweat. He beat all of these fucking characters in rapid succession! The only time I can think where he was even in some sort of actual danger was in the beginning where Sektor captures him and uses some kind of torture machine on him. Seriously what in the fuck was up with that?

Daegon is a character who wasn't really memorable to me at all. Although he is basically the main villain of the konquest story, I didn't really see him as one because all you know is that he killed his parents after being manipulated by Shinnok and for creating the red dragon. They make him seem like he wants this "Godlike power" or whatever the grand fucking prize is but you know that if anyone is getting that shit it's sure as hell not gonna be him. IIRC Shinnok even expresses his doubts about him to his face after witnessing how stupidly powerful Taven was, and it makes Daegon look even more like an unneeded tool. While Daegon is remembered to me at least as a shitty character, I remember Shinnok being very sinister, manipulative, a total prick, even maybe going to the extent of saying he was intimidating. Even though he's been in a few games, we really have no fucking idea what this guy is capable of. Shinnok being the villain in this game is a no-fucking brainer. Boon has said that the boss will be a "returning" character that fans won't be expecting, and this could very well be someone like Daegon. I almost am expecting this to happen after so many scenes were used in MK9 purely for shock value. They seem to be building themselves up by telling a new and different story, but at the same time ignoring that they already have a good story base they could easily expand upon without all the plot twists. I don't give a shit about the surprise factor, put in a god damn good villain instead of trying to do something fresh and innovative or shocking. Shinnok has all of the qualifications to be a fantastic villain and I feel like they might choose to ignore that simply to try and drive the story in a different way. Anyways just my $.02
 

Brutal Chimney

vaporus punching bag
Taven was an avatar of the player if you thought it was about him then i think you misunderstood the point of the game. it basically just gave you an excuse to travel though the MK world meeting and fighting your favorite characters and factions. using pre-exsisting characters to fulfill that role wouldn't have had the desired effect so they used Taven a complete unknown.
 

KombatNerd

Justice 4 Firestorm
I wonder if this curse of the Kamidogu has anything To do with Forrest Fox being possessed in Issue 3. And how many chapters before we get to the 15 years part.
 

Ac3s777

Noob
I think the reason i'm not particularly fond of Taven/Daegon is because they were brought out of nowhere and we were given barely any time to get to know the characters. In MKA we play as Taven, the main protagonist of konquest and go around beating the fuck out of characters we had gotten to know and love and had been led to believe that they were pretty god damn strong, but oh no, no match for the all mighty Taven who we've never fucking heard of before. Apparently even strong enough to beat characters like Goro, The GOD of thunder, The GOD of wind, Kintaro, Scorpion, and of course Kabal. Who lbsh would obviously body Taven free.:DOGE

I just don't understand how anyone can like this character. He has no redeeming qualities, he basically comes in and shits on the entire MK cast without breaking a sweat. He beat all of these fucking characters in rapid succession! The only time I can think where he was even in some sort of actual danger was in the beginning where Sektor captures him and uses some kind of torture machine on him. Seriously what in the fuck was up with that?

Daegon is a character who wasn't really memorable to me at all. Although he is basically the main villain of the konquest story, I didn't really see him as one because all you know is that he killed his parents after being manipulated by Shinnok and for creating the red dragon. They make him seem like he wants this "Godlike power" or whatever the grand fucking prize is but you know that if anyone is getting that shit it's sure as hell not gonna be him. IIRC Shinnok even expresses his doubts about him to his face after witnessing how stupidly powerful Taven was, and it makes Daegon look even more like an unneeded tool. While Daegon is remembered to me at least as a shitty character, I remember Shinnok being very sinister, manipulative, a total prick, even maybe going to the extent of saying he was intimidating. Even though he's been in a few games, we really have no fucking idea what this guy is capable of. Shinnok being the villain in this game is a no-fucking brainer. Boon has said that the boss will be a "returning" character that fans won't be expecting, and this could very well be someone like Daegon. I almost am expecting this to happen after so many scenes were used in MK9 purely for shock value. They seem to be building themselves up by telling a new and different story, but at the same time ignoring that they already have a good story base they could easily expand upon without all the plot twists. I don't give a shit about the surprise factor, put in a god damn good villain instead of trying to do something fresh and innovative or shocking. Shinnok has all of the qualifications to be a fantastic villain and I feel like they might choose to ignore that simply to try and drive the story in a different way. Anyways just my $.02
i agree with this
 

Pterodactyl

Plus on block.
I think the reason i'm not particularly fond of Taven/Daegon is because they were brought out of nowhere and we were given barely any time to get to know the characters. In MKA we play as Taven, the main protagonist of konquest and go around beating the fuck out of characters we had gotten to know and love and had been led to believe that they were pretty god damn strong, but oh no, no match for the all mighty Taven who we've never fucking heard of before. Apparently even strong enough to beat characters like Goro, The GOD of thunder, The GOD of wind, Kintaro, Scorpion, and of course Kabal. Who lbsh would obviously body Taven free.:DOGE

I just don't understand how anyone can like this character. He has no redeeming qualities, he basically comes in and shits on the entire MK cast without breaking a sweat. He beat all of these fucking characters in rapid succession! The only time I can think where he was even in some sort of actual danger was in the beginning where Sektor captures him and uses some kind of torture machine on him. Seriously what in the fuck was up with that?

Daegon is a character who wasn't really memorable to me at all. Although he is basically the main villain of the konquest story, I didn't really see him as one because all you know is that he killed his parents after being manipulated by Shinnok and for creating the red dragon. They make him seem like he wants this "Godlike power" or whatever the grand fucking prize is but you know that if anyone is getting that shit it's sure as hell not gonna be him. IIRC Shinnok even expresses his doubts about him to his face after witnessing how stupidly powerful Taven was, and it makes Daegon look even more like an unneeded tool. While Daegon is remembered to me at least as a shitty character, I remember Shinnok being very sinister, manipulative, a total prick, even maybe going to the extent of saying he was intimidating. Even though he's been in a few games, we really have no fucking idea what this guy is capable of. Shinnok being the villain in this game is a no-fucking brainer. Boon has said that the boss will be a "returning" character that fans won't be expecting, and this could very well be someone like Daegon. I almost am expecting this to happen after so many scenes were used in MK9 purely for shock value. They seem to be building themselves up by telling a new and different story, but at the same time ignoring that they already have a good story base they could easily expand upon without all the plot twists. I don't give a shit about the surprise factor, put in a god damn good villain instead of trying to do something fresh and innovative or shocking. Shinnok has all of the qualifications to be a fantastic villain and I feel like they might choose to ignore that simply to try and drive the story in a different way. Anyways just my $.02
To be honest when it comes to 90% of the post MK4 cast, I love their potential more than the actual characters themselves, because those characters don't have much development.

It saddens me that people focus so much on what these character were instead of what they can be.

The timeline has been reset and we have a good ass team of devs designing these games now.

If anyone is being brought back, we can all rest assured for a fact that they'll look way cooler, and they'll be presented way cooler.

These characters need to be made good, not discarded.

Everybody wins when we turn the bad characters good instead of just getting rid of them, because every character has a fan base.
 

Eddy Wang

Skarlet scientist
Pretty clear Shinnok will definitely not be the main boss then. Although I'm sure he'll still be in and some of the story mode will be dedicated to the war.
I want to see this war happen, if by this means Hanzo is controling Scorpion, i think somehow he might think he killed Quan Chi, or he did killed him

It's still very confusing, the identity of this Sub-Zero (these Sub-Zeros??). It's clear in that final scene that we saw Sub-zero's scar origin, making him Kuai Liang, that and he is working for Raiden?? However, they also mention him working with Quan Shi in the past, so, maybe Bi-Han? Or was that just the Red Dragon minion mistaking him for his brother? Geez, who knows??
I find interesting that some things are still happening even if the timeline is altered, in the OTL sub gets his scar by Kung Lao's Hat, and this Sub gets by Kano's.

As far as we know, the Sub-Zero in the game is a new Sub-Zero, and Noobde said before in one of MKX's interviews that there is a sea of Sub-zeroes, so who knows who they might be, aparently if there is a sea of them they're not an extinct race.

He had to defeat Shao Khan to prove he was worthy, since in canon he did not defeat Shao Khan, this can't be canon....




:DOGE :DOGE :DOGE hur hur hur :DOGE
I think Sektor would still kill his father and take control of the Link Kuei even without killing Shao Kahn, you can see trough his behavior in MK9 that Sektor desires leadership, in fact, on the original timeline, he killed his father and become the leader of the Lin Kuei clan, only to lose his leadership later on when Kuai Liang returns home and defeats him in a mortal kombat duel (1st of 5?) but he didn't died, he assembled rebels tekunins in MKA and becamed a pirate i think.

Also as @MKF30 said, i can also see endings from MK9 becoming cannon if they don't have a story confling without necessarely having to kill Shao Kahn.

That is why i think, Skarlet might return with the goal of killing Quan Chi as well, since the ending of MK9 matches her story with some changes. And her Prequel Story matches the whole MK9 plot so is very possible.
 

Amplified$hotz

I like Tekken 8
I liked it. The pacing wasn't really good but I don't really care about that much. I really want to know how these clans got revived. And it's cool how events from the original timeline are still happening in the new one.
 

Onilordasmodeus

My GT: UncappedWheel82
I think the reason i'm not particularly fond of Taven/Daegon is because they were brought out of nowhere and we were given barely any time to get to know the characters. In MKA we play as Taven, the main protagonist of konquest and go around beating the fuck out of characters we had gotten to know and love and had been led to believe that they were pretty god damn strong, but oh no, no match for the all mighty Taven who we've never fucking heard of before. Apparently even strong enough to beat characters like Goro, The GOD of thunder, The GOD of wind, Kintaro, Scorpion, and of course Kabal. Who lbsh would obviously body Taven free.:DOGE

I just don't understand how anyone can like this character. He has no redeeming qualities, he basically comes in and shits on the entire MK cast without breaking a sweat. He beat all of these fucking characters in rapid succession! The only time I can think where he was even in some sort of actual danger was in the beginning where Sektor captures him and uses some kind of torture machine on him. Seriously what in the fuck was up with that?

Daegon is a character who wasn't really memorable to me at all. Although he is basically the main villain of the konquest story, I didn't really see him as one because all you know is that he killed his parents after being manipulated by Shinnok and for creating the red dragon. They make him seem like he wants this "Godlike power" or whatever the grand fucking prize is but you know that if anyone is getting that shit it's sure as hell not gonna be him. IIRC Shinnok even expresses his doubts about him to his face after witnessing how stupidly powerful Taven was, and it makes Daegon look even more like an unneeded tool. While Daegon is remembered to me at least as a shitty character, I remember Shinnok being very sinister, manipulative, a total prick, even maybe going to the extent of saying he was intimidating. Even though he's been in a few games, we really have no fucking idea what this guy is capable of. Shinnok being the villain in this game is a no-fucking brainer. Boon has said that the boss will be a "returning" character that fans won't be expecting, and this could very well be someone like Daegon. I almost am expecting this to happen after so many scenes were used in MK9 purely for shock value. They seem to be building themselves up by telling a new and different story, but at the same time ignoring that they already have a good story base they could easily expand upon without all the plot twists. I don't give a shit about the surprise factor, put in a god damn good villain instead of trying to do something fresh and innovative or shocking. Shinnok has all of the qualifications to be a fantastic villain and I feel like they might choose to ignore that simply to try and drive the story in a different way. Anyways just my $.02
Shinnok is the shit. He's my favorite MK villain for sure.
 

Onilordasmodeus

My GT: UncappedWheel82
Reading some of you guys posts about MK lore made me realize I don't know jack shit about MK4 - MKA lol
Man...while the later games do lack that certain flair compared to the MK1 - 3, they all had/have incredible potential, and all the stories throughout were quality. MK Armageddon is the only one that to me missed the mark in a big way. That games story was to big for what they were trying to do, and really that is why I'm so happy and grateful for the new comic series.

MKX will be a great game with a great story, but coupled with this comic, it could be truly epic.
 
Man, just read it and I'm really surprised. AMAZING work, feels totally MK. Happy we're not living the 90's cheap ass MK media era again.

1) WTF "HANZO conquered Scorpion" means???
2) Who is Takeda? If I recall correctly Takeda is the founder of Shirai Ryu decades ago right? Reincarnation? Time Travel?
3) Kuai Liang Saying not working for Quan anymore? That could mean we're past the era where heroes were dead / under Quan's command ( probably this is the "Netherrealm wars" ) Also, what about his scar?
4) Happy to see Hsu Hao getting some. I Hope more shitty characters disappear for ever like that
5) Hanzo is BADASS. Also not butthurt and reasonable for the first time in 22 years
6) Can't wait for MKX any longer
 

Youphemism

Gunslinger since pre patch (sh/out to The Farmer)
3) Kuai Liang Saying not working for Quan anymore? That could mean we're past the era where heroes were dead / under Quan's command ( probably this is the "Netherrealm wars" ) Also, what about his scar?
4) Happy to see Hsu Hao getting some. I Hope more shitty characters disappear for ever like that
3. Look at these pictures, that should help you with what time chapter 1 took place.
4. That's cute, you still think someone dying in MK means they are definitely gone forever :DOGE
 

ChaosTheory

A fat woman came into the shoe store today...
If anyone is being brought back, we can all rest assured for a fact that they'll look way cooler, and they'll be presented way cooler.
I agree with this. Re-imagined characters with new technology tend to be cooler than their original conceptions. I always thought that Kabal, for example, was really lame in MK3. I don't know, I hated his flappy sleeves and those goddamn white shoes... Fast-forward nine years to MKD and Kabal was made into a complete bad-ass, I thought.

Even a character like Hotaru, who is one of my all-time favorites, is left to a lot of my imagination. He was only fleshed out in one game.